Zone/Man Balancing vs Rush

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DEL Time: 09:47

Request For: Pro and College Football
Request Title: Zone/Man Balancing vs Rush
Description
More realistic balance between man and zone defenses, vs. the run (balance vs. pass is being handled separately).

Details of average play results available on the help pages at http://www.dolphinsim.com/help/coach/details.shtml are from 2013; newer ones to reflect the current game (also based on CCEL) are as follows:

COVER  RBlk %Swp RAvg %TFL %10+ PBlk  %RB  %TE %Lng PAvg %Sck %Cmp %Int  YPC
 1-man 3.48 56.1 3.50 15.8  7.6 4.28 16.4  8.1 21.6 6.78  7.5 61.9  2.8 12.3
 2-man 3.99 54.0 4.02  9.6  4.8 4.53 29.9 14.6 12.8 5.56  6.3 63.4  3.1  9.8
2-zone 4.12 54.2 4.10 10.4  5.4 5.37 33.0 17.7 21.2 6.37  3.0 63.9  2.7 10.5
3-zone 4.12 54.6 4.04 10.4  4.8 5.36 18.5  7.7 19.4 6.91  3.0 70.2  2.3 10.3

This request is written specifically to address run balance, most notably that man defense is generally considered worse against the run due to defenders in coverage paying attention to their man. This factor is not accounted for in DEL. A possible solution would be to have man defenders more likely out of position against the run, if their receiver is not back to block.

Category: Enhancement
Status: Completed (last updated Oct 4 07:01:53 2025 )
Priority: Short Term

Admin Notes
The football sim has been updated, so that pass defenders in zone coverage react faster to run plays than those in man coverage. This is intended to help mitigate the issue that man defense is overall better against pass and run than zone defense.

Performance averages shown on the advanced coaching topics help page have also been updated, based on current CCEL player average skills.

Submitted Sep 28 12:15:30 2025 by Andy Dolphin
Coaches In Favor of Change: Andy Dolphin
Coaches Opposed to Change: none
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